THE BEST REPORT IS THE 1ST REPORT: IT CONTAINS THE LEAST SPIN OR BIAS...H/T TO RS

The best report is the first report; it contains the least spin or bias.

http://www.khou.com/home/HPD--Valero-clerk-shoots-man-who-tried-to-enter-store-after-hours-180852791.html

Facts:

·         3:30 AM.

·         Store door closed.

·         Customer is known to clerk(s)

·         Customer will not leave property

·         Clerk opens door to speak with customer.

·         Customer punches clerk.

o   Clerk states he saw weapons on customer’s cousins and feared for his life.

·         Clerk shoots customer.

o   Customer’s two cousins fire three shots into store.

o   This is not reported again.

§  What is the status of these individuals being charged with a crime?

§  Were the weapons properly registered?

§  What are the carry laws in Houston TX?

·         Father of customer states clerk should never have opened bullet proof glass door, making it all the clerk’s fault.

·         Community activists state clerk opened door to justify shooting customer.

o   Activists demand clerk be fired.

It gets politicized after that.

Store Clerk Shoots Black in Self Defense -- Now Black Community in Uproar

http://www.khou.com/news/local/-Surveillance-video-shows-man-shot-by-Valero-store-clerk-throw-first-punch-181127601.html

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/video-clerk-shoots-assailant-alexander-calloway-self-defense-fired-employer

http://thoughtsandrantings.com/2012/11/29/but-yet-alexander-calloway-is-the-victim/

http://www.khou.com/home/Opinions-mixed-on-violent-gas-station-confrontation-caught-on-video-181316391.html

The first report indicates the black activist community will retaliate if the clerk remains employed. Why is this not a Federal Civil Rights issue at this juncture?

The other part of story we have not been hearing: this clerk fired a weapon into the air last year. I suppose this makes him some sort of criminal, even though charges were not filed.

http://www.khou.com/home/Clerk-captured-in-violent-Valero-confrontation-has-opened-fire-on-job-before--181484701.html

Only thing I know for sure: I am never going to buy gas at a VALLERO station because they fired the clerk for protecting himself. I urge others to do the same.